Month: April 2014

Malaysia holds nine for suspected terror links

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Malaysian police said they arrested nine people today under a security law on suspicion of involvement in a terror group with overseas links.

National police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said the nine, aged from 22 to 55, were arrested near the capital Kuala Lumpur and in the northern state of Kedah bordering Thailand.

They were held on suspicion of being “involved in a militant group that is responsible for planning terror acts in and outside the country”, Khalid said in a statement.

One invalid observer freed, others still held captive in Ukraine

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Pro-Russian separatists released one of the members of the European military observer team for medical reasons, shortly after detaining them before cameras.

Vyacheslav Ponomarev, self-declared mayor of Slavyansk, made at least 7 observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe appear in front of a staged media

The freed observer from Sweden was released due to his ailment of diabetes but, particular care was taken of him by his captors.

TDP leaders stay away from campaigning for BJP nominee

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BJP candidate in Vijaywada West Assembly constituency has alleged that leaders of TDP, which is in alliance with the saffron party, are not cooperating him in campaigning.

The constituency was allocated to BJP as per the seat-sharing agreement between both the parties.

BJP has fielded sitting MLA Velampalli Srinivasa Rao, which is not gone down well with TDP as well as BJP cadres, causing TDP leader Ch Malyadri to file his nomination from the seat. Rao is facing a strong opponent in YSR Congress leader Jaleel Khan.

Obama outraged over Donald Sterling’s offensive racist remark

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US president Barack Obama has reportedly criticised NBA team owner Donald Sterling for making offensive racial remarks and has come out strongly with his displeasure with racism.

The owner of Los Angeles Clippers, Donald Sterling was reportedly caught on tape telling a female friend not to associate with black people or to bring them for Clippers’ games, The Washington Times reported.

This remark was condemned by players, teams, politicians and masses in general.

Ishrat encounter: SC declines to admit plea against SIT member

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The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a plea seeking initiation of criminal and contempt proceedings against one of the members of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) which had probed into the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter case of Gujarat.

A bench headed by Justice H L Dattu refused to admit the petition of Gopinath Pillai, father of Pranesh Pillai alias Javed Sheikh, who was among the four killed in the Ishrat Jahan encounter on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on June 15, 2004.

Sensex closes 56 pts lower at 22,631 pts

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The BSE benchmark Sensex today fell over 56 points at close today on sustained FII selling, chiefly in auto and heavy machinery sectors amid weak global trends due to new tension over Ukraine.

The 30-share index fell by 56.46 points, or 0.25 per cent, to 22,631.61. It had surged to an all-time intraday high of 22,939.31 in its previous trade on Friday.

The broad-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty lost 21.50 points, or 0.32 per cent, to end the day 6,761.25.

Tori Spelling hospitalized amidst on-going marriage troubles

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Tori Spelling has been hospitalized and rumors are rife that the pressure of her on-going marriage troubles have taken a toll on her.

Sources revealed that the 40-year-old American actress, who has been filming her Lifetime reality series ‘ True Tori’, was hospitalized following her on-going marriage troubles, Us Magazine reported.

Spelling’s husband Dean McDermott ‘s affair with 28-year-old Emily Goodhand has caused their marriage to break down, however, the couple has been trying to work out their issues with a therapist on the Lifetime show. (ANI)

People free to move court directly against false affidavits:EC

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Flooded with complaints of alleged falsification of election affidavits, the Election Commission has said people were free to approach the courts directly against candidates for concealing information in nomination papers.

The EC said while earlier the aggrieved persons could approach the returning officer with a complaint against a candidate for concealing information or making a false declaration in the election affidavit, now it is open to people to move a petition before the appropriate court on the issue directly.

New clinical trials needed to evaluate risks of testosterone treatment

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New clinical trials are urgently needed to understand the risks associated with the prescription of testosterone in older men.

According to a Comment in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, written by Professor Stephanie Page, of the University of Washington and Harborview Medical Center, testosterone is now widely prescribed to older men, particularly in the USA which has brought an immediate need for appropriate clinical studies to assess the risks and benefits of testosterone treatment.

Digvijay backs Mamata as Modi, TMC spar

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Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh today backed erstwhile UPA ally Mamata Banerjee as Narendra Modi and Trinamool Congress sniped at each other with the later calling the BJP’s the Prime Ministerial candidate ”butcher of Gujarat”.

“Nothing new about Modi tactic of making baseless allegations & cheap pot-shots.
Mamata is his latest victim, we are so used to his crudity!,” Singh tweeted.

Singh’s remarks came a day after Banerjee’s party heaped scorn on Modi in an angry retaliation to his no-holds barred attack on her.

Sensex down 60 points, auto stocks fall

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A benchmark index of Indian equities markets ended Monday’s trade flat – 60 points down, as automobile, capital goods and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) stocks dipped.

Markets retreated after touching record highs last week.

The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 22,717.59 points, closed trading at 22,628.89 points (provisional), down 56.46 points or 0.25 percent from the previous day’s close at 22,688.07 points.

The Sensex touched a high of 22,721.36 points and a low of 22,597.19 points in trade.

Akhilesh defends Vadra, calls Modi a ‘Model of Dividing India’

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today appeared to be defending Priyanka Gandhi’s husband Robert Vadra, accusing BJP of blowing the issue of land deals out of proportion and attacked Narendra Modi saying his name meant ”Model of Dividing India”.

Yadav, without naming anyone, said the issue was being raised by BJP as an attempt to distract the attention of the people from other things, an apparent reference to the BJP questioning the land deals by Vadra, son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi.

Now, manage emails with ‘Sanebox’

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A new mail management system is launched that analyzes user’s emails, and sorts them according to one’s past behavior.

According to The Good Techie, Sanebox separates important and unimportant emails according to user’s behavior and automatically filters out unimportant email into a folder and summarizes it in a daily digest.

The result of which is that one’s inbox is left with important and high priority emails.

The new tool also has a suite of time saving features such as SaneBlackhole, which enables users to unsubscribe from emails with just one click.

Microsoft warns zero day vulnerability present in all versions of IE

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Microsoft confirms zero day vulnerability that allows remote code execution to be present in all versions of Internet Explorer.

According to CNET, the vulnerability, which could allow remote code execution, is being used in limited and targeted attacks.

All the versions of IE are affected but versions 9,10, and 11 are reportedly the main targets.

A hack ing group, APT [advanced persistent threat] is exploiting the vulnerability.

The group has been the first to have access to a select number of browser-based 0-day exploits, the report added.

Mind vs body: What is a better lie detector?

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To know if the person in front of you is lying, you may rely a lot on your instincts as more than the conscious mind, the body may act as a better lie detector, suggests a study.

“Perhaps our own bodies know better than our conscious minds who is lying,” Leanne ten Brinke, a post-doctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, was quoted as saying.

For the study, researchers conducted a classic lie detection experiment in a different way.

Sexual conflict over mating affects women more: Study

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Sexual conflict over mating affects females more than males, impacting the parental care behaviour, research shows.

In experiments on beetles, British researchers at University of Exeter used artificial selection and mating crosses among selection lines to determine if and how mating behaviours co-evolve with parental care behaviours.

“The research shows costs of mating in females appear to determine how patterns of parental care evolve in response to changes in mating behaviour,” explained Nick Royle from the centre for ecology and conservation at University of Exeter.

Women who exercise enjoy super sex: Study

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Are you a regular gym-goer or hit the jogging track daily? Keep it up as women who frequently exercise become aroused more quickly and are able to orgasm faster and more intensely, a fascinating research reveals.

“Being physically active seems to be a potent aphrodisiac for women,” Tina M. Penhollow, an associate professor of health promotion at Florida Atlantic University, was quoted as saying.

During a single strength workout, a woman’s body produces higher levels of growth hormone and testosterone that play a pivotal role in sex drive.

Mysore trains get new halt

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The Bangalore City-Mysore Passenger and the Mysore-Bangalore City Passenger will bring to a standstill for a minute at Krishnadevaraya Halt in Hampinagar, Bangalore, for a period of six months, starting April 28 (Monday), on an experimental basis.

Train No.56233which is Bangalore City-Mysore Passenger, leaves Bangalore City at 5 am, will arrive at Krishnadevaraya Halt at 5.04 am and depart at 5.05 am to reach Nayandahalli at 5.14 am.

Encroachment of BBMP land by Slum Development Board

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Generally slum dwellers are held responsible for making inroads into government land in cities and towns but in a rare case, Karnataka Slum Development Board has reportedly encroached upon Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike land in Yelahanka.

This shocking fact came to fore on Friday when Bangalore Mayor B S Satyanarayana and other officers visited Yelahanka to see the progress made in the installation of bio-methanisation plant.

BJP to have its best performance under Modi’s captaincy: Azad

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Having won from this seat twice, sitting BJP MP Kirti Azad may find the pitch familiar but the former Team India member says elections are like cricket where no match is won till the last wicket is taken or the last run scored.

Up against the seasoned Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi of RJD, a four-time MP (1991, 96, 98 and 2004) from here, Sanjay Jha of JD-U and AAP’s foreign-educated medico Prabhat Ranjan Das, 55-year-old Azad claims BJP will produce its best ever performance in Lok Sabha elections under the captaincy of Narendra Modi.

Abdullahs are Kashmir’s sinners and can’t test India’s or my secularism, says Modi

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Reacting to National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah’s statement that ‘people who vote for Modi should drown themselves in the sea’, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Monday said that secularism is in his blood, and maintained that in his eyes, the Abdullah family were the sinners of Kashmir, consistently playing politics for their own gain and quest for power.

Re-trial in Salman’s mishap case begins, first witness deposes

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Eleven years after Bollywood actor Salman Khan allegedly rammed his car into a shop killing one person and injuring four, the re-trial in this case began today with a witness deposing before a sessions court.

Samba Gowda, who was the first witness to depose in the court, said he had drawn panchnama of the articles seized by police on the day of the incident on September 28, 2002.

Liver transplants will be perform by BMC

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Bangalore Medical College (BMC) recently obtained permission to perform liver transplants and as many as 15 people have already registered themselves for a liver transplant.

Dr M M Satish Kumar, Assistant professor, Institute of Nephro-Urology, Victoria Hospital, addressing a press conference here, said: “BMC, which previously had permission to perform kidney transplants, had requested that it be allowed to perform liver transplants as well.”